Re: Need your help again.. Sorry...

Justin........ thanks.......... :) You're absolutely right.... I shouldn't have done what i doing... Sorry.... just started learning programming 4 weeks ago... there's lots of stuffs that I do not know... Thanks so much for your advice... and thank you so much to all who cared to help... Deeply appreciate your efforts. Yours, Wee Keat Chin --------------------------------------------------- "Man is only truly great when he acts from his passions." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin French" <justin@indent.com.au> To: "Wee Keat" <weekeat@amorphosium.com>; <holmes072000@charter.net>; "'PHP General'" <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 12:38 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Need your help again.. Sorry... > There's obviously something different that you're doing for the mail to the > fputs. > > I don't why you'd run through the shopping cart items twice... > > instead, I'd build the message in little fragments: > > $msg =''; > $msg .= "Name: {$name}\n\n"; > $msg .= "Email: {$email}\n\n"; > ... > > this would include you adding e4ach item from the shopping cart. > > then, when you send your mail: > > mail($to, $subject, $msg, $headers); > > then, use the SAME $msg to write to the backup file. > > > If you can get it right for the email, then the file write shouldn't cause > any problems. > > > justin > > > on 21/07/02 12:18 PM, Wee Keat (weekeat@amorphosium.com) wrote: > > > Let me put it a little more detail here... > > > > I am trying to created an online ordering system where customers buy something > > and dump them in a cart and later, when they are happy, they will submit the > > order and 2 things will happen in one script: > > > > 1. The script before the line that I have submitted contain almost the same > > script but it is put in the mail() function. This mail() worked well... it > > generated the email, and the product list was created by retrieving from the > > database. > > > > 2. The second part of the script, which is the one I've shown you is the part > > where it fputs everything into a file (like a backup) just in case a customer > > calls up regarding an order and we didn't receive the email. > > > > So, 2 things are created and done simultaneously - an email generated and sent > > to me, and a log file created to store a copy of the order. > > > > Problem: > > > > The mail() script worked just fine, which shows that the $cart contained > > values. This is the result of the email: > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > ------------------ > > > > There is one Order on Oshima Website. > > > > Date: Sunday July 21, 2002 > > > > Time: 12:14:42 pm > > > > From: John Doe > > > > Address: > > 1212 Flinders Street > > Melbourne VIC 3000 > > > > Tel: 981781818 > > > > Mobile: > > > > Fax: 819811818 > > > > Email: john@doe.com > > > > Product Enquired: > > > > BTC BTC STANDARD PS/2 KEYBOARD $9.24 > > > > BTC Multimedia Keyboard P/S2 (With Internet Functions) $15.40 > > > > MICROSOFT Microsoft Wireless Value Pack - PS/2 (Single Unit-cond. app) $96.10 > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > ------------------ > > > > And this is the result of the fput() > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > ------------------ > > > > Date: Sunday July 21, 2002 > > > > Time: 12:14:42 pm > > > > From: John Doe > > > > Address: > > 1212 Flinders Street > > Melbourne VIC 3000 > > > > Tel: 981781818 > > > > Mobile: > > > > Fax: 819811818 > > > > Email: john@doe.com > > > > Product Enquired: > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > ----------------------- > > > > Why?? Hmm... I was trying to figure this out for 2 days already... > > > > Thanks a lot for your reply.. Thanks so so much. > > > > :) > > > > > > Yours, > > Wee Keat Chin > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > > "Man is only truly great when he acts from his passions." > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "John Holmes" <holmes072000@charter.net> > > To: "'Wee Keat'" <weekeat@amorphosium.com>; "'PHP > > General'" > > <php-general@lists.php.net> > > Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 11:39 AM > > Subject: RE: [PHP] Need your help again.. Sorry... > > > > > >> Are the other lines being written correctly? How does it "not work?" > >> > >> Are you sure there is anything in the $cart array?? If there isn't, the > >> while loop won't be executed. Put in a check to just make sure that it's > >> being executed. > >> > >> ---John Holmes... > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Wee Keat [mailto:weekeat@amorphosium.com] > >>> Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 9:25 PM > >>> To: PHP General > >>> Subject: [PHP] Need your help again.. Sorry... > >>> > >>> Hi all... > >>> > >>> Sorry for troubling you guys again... but I really do not know what > >> else I > >>> could do. > >>> > >>> Can you please tell me why this code fputs($write, "$productlist"); > >> isn't > >>> printing correctly? > >>> > >>> I have already connected to db. Just this particular one didn't > >> work... > >>> dun understand.. > >>> > >>> > >>> The Code: > >>> > >>> > >>> fputs($write, "Email: $email\n\nProduct Enquired:"); > >>> > >>> while (list($key,$prod_id) = each($cart)) { > >>> > >>> $cart[$key] = $prod_id; > >>> > >>> $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM products WHERE prod_id > >> = > >>> '$prod_id' ORDER BY prod_brand ASC", $link_id); > >>> > >>> $query_data = mysql_fetch_array($result); > >>> > >>> $gst = 1.10; > >>> > >>> $rrp = 1.12; > >>> > >>> $price = $query_data["price_lq"] * $rrp * $gst; > >>> > >>> $productlist .= "\n\n".$query_data["prod_brand"]." > >>> ".$query_data["prod_desc"]." $".number_format($price, 2, > >>> '.', ''); > >>> > >>> fputs($write, "$productlist"); > >>> > >>> } > >>> > >>> fputs($write, "\n\n-----------------------------"); > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Please help... thanks soooo much again. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Yours, > >>> Wee Keat Chin > >>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------- > >>> > >>> "Man is only truly great when he acts from his passions." > >